Paul Sloane
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Paul Sloane is an author and public speaker on lateral thinking and innovation. He was born in 1950 in Johnstone, Scotland and was educated at St Joseph's College, Blackpool and Trinity Hall, Cambridge
where he read Engineering. He is the leading author of books of lateral thinking puzzles, many of the books are co-authored with Des MacHale
. He worked for 11 years for IBM
became MD for Ashton-Tate
and VP International for Mathsoft
. He was the head of the Innovation Unit at the British Quality Foundation
. He writes on innovation, open innovation
and crowdsourcing
. He helped develop the concept of the innovation camp. His books include The Innovative Leader, The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills, and A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing. He lives in Camberley
and is married with three daughters.
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.- Foundation :...
where he read Engineering. He is the leading author of books of lateral thinking puzzles, many of the books are co-authored with Des MacHale
Des MacHale
Desmond "Des" MacHale is an associate professor of Mathematics at University College Cork, Ireland. He is a prolific author on various subjects, most notably humour...
. He worked for 11 years for IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
became MD for Ashton-Tate
Ashton-Tate
Ashton-Tate was a US based software company best known for developing the popular dBASE database application. Ashton-Tate grew from a small garage-based company to become a multinational corporation...
and VP International for Mathsoft
Mathsoft
MathSoft was founded in 1984 by Allen Razdow and David Blohm to provide mathematical programs to students, teachers, and professionals. The company became most famous for its Mathcad software, a powerful application for solving and visualizing mathematical problems...
. He was the head of the Innovation Unit at the British Quality Foundation
British Quality Foundation
The British Quality Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit corporate membership organisation and was founded by the DTI and UK business leaders in 1993...
. He writes on innovation, open innovation
Open Innovation
Although the idea and discussion about some consequences date back at least to the 60s, open innovation is a term promoted by Henry Chesbrough, a professor and executive director at the Center for Open Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, in his book Open Innovation: The new...
and crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing is the act of sourcing tasks traditionally performed by specific individuals to a group of people or community through an open call....
. He helped develop the concept of the innovation camp. His books include The Innovative Leader, The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills, and A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing. He lives in Camberley
Camberley
Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles southwest of central London, in the corridor between the M3 and M4 motorways. The town lies close to the borders of both Hampshire and Berkshire; the boundaries intersect on the western edge of the town where all three counties...
and is married with three daughters.
Selected publications
- Lateral Thinking Puzzlers (Sterling PublishingSterling PublishingSterling Publishing Company, Inc. is a publisher of nonfiction titles, with more than 5,000 books in print. Founded in 1949, it publishes a wide range of nonfiction and illustrated titles in categories which include art, biography/autobiography, body/mind/spirit, crafts, culinary, do-it-yourself,...
), ISBN 0-8069-8226-8 - Test your Lateral Thinking IQ (Sterling Publishing), ISBN 0-8069-0684-7
- Intriguing Lateral Thinking Puzzles (Sterling Publishing), ISBN 0-8069-4252-5
- The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills (Kogan PageKogan PageKogan Page Publishers is a publishing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.Kogan is Europe's largest independent publisher of business books...
), ISBN 0-7494-4797-4 - The Innovative Leader (Kogan Page), ISBN 0-7494-5001-0
- How to be a Brilliant Thinker (Kogan Page), ISBN 9780749455064
- A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing (Kogan Page), ISBN 9780749463076